Creating a Page Layout Template PAR File 

Use

Creating a layout template PAR file enables you to deploy a new layout that can be used by the Page Wizard when creating portal pages.

For more information on page layout PAR files, see Elements of a Layout PAR File.

Prerequisites

·        You have created one or more layoutTemplate.jsp files.

·        You have created a portalapp.xml file.

Procedure

Several layout templates can be wrapped in one PAR file (zipped file), which follows the standard PAR file structure. The mandatory files in a layout template PAR file are the layoutTemplate.jsp files and the portalapp.xml file.

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       1.      Create a layout template PAR file, structured as follows:

PORTAL-INF (dir)

portalapp.xml

jsp (dir)

fullWidth.jsp

narrowWideNarrow.jsp

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       2.      Add any additional files as resources, according to the standard PAR file structure.

Result

You now have a PAR file for deployment in the portal.